pundit

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• South-Asia: /pɐɳ.ɖɪt̪/
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• South-Asia: /pɐ̃ɳ.ɖɪt̪/
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• South-Asia: /pəɳ.ɖɪt̪/
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• South-Asia: /pʌɳ.ɖɪt̪/
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• South-Asia: /poɳ.ɖit̪/
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• South-Asia: /pɔɳ.ɖit̪/
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpʌn.dɪt/
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• rhymes with -ʌndɪt
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• CMU ARPABET: P AH1 N D AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Sanskrit पण्डा (paṇḍā) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tás Sanskrit -इत (-ita) Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita)bor. Hindi पंडित (paṇḍit)bor. Urdu پَنْڈِٹ (panḍiṭ)bor. English pundit Borrowed from Hindi पंडित (paṇḍit) / Urdu پنڈت (panḍit), from Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita, “scholar, learned man, teacher, philosopher”). Doublet of pandit.

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خَبِير (ḵabīr) — an expert
• Armenian: վերլուծաբան (verlucaban) — an expert
• Chinese Mandarin: 權威人士 /权威人士 (quánwēi rénshì) — an expert
• Czech: odborník — an expert
• Czech: znalec — an expert
• Czech: učenec — an expert
• Czech: vzdělanec — an expert
• Dutch: opinieleider — an expert
• Dutch: opiniemaker — an expert
• Dutch: duider — an expert
• Finnish: asiantuntija — an expert
• Galician: especialista — an expert
• German: Experte — an expert
• German: Kommentator — an expert
• German: Meinungsführer — an expert
• German: Meinungsmacher — an expert
• German: Kritiker — an expert
• Hebrew: פַּרְשָׁן (parshán) — an expert
• Hindi: पण्डित (paṇḍit) — an expert
• Hindi: पंडित (paṇḍit) — an expert
• Hindi: प॰ (pa.) — an expert
• Hindi: विषेशज्ञ (viṣeśajña) — an expert
• Hungarian: szakértő — an expert
• Hungarian: hozzáértő — an expert
• Hungarian: specialista — an expert
• Hungarian: kommentátor — an expert
• Hungarian: megmondóember — an expert
• Hungarian: véleményvezér — an expert
• Hungarian: véleményformáló — an expert
• Hungarian: hangadó — an expert
• Hungarian: írástudó — an expert
• Italian: opinionista — an expert
• Japanese: 博学者 (hakugakusha) — an expert
• Polish: ekspert — an expert
• Portuguese: autoridade — an expert
• Portuguese: especialista — an expert
• Portuguese: comentarista — an expert
• Russian: знато́к (znatók) — an expert
• Russian: экспе́рт (ekspért) — an expert
• Russian: специали́ст (specialíst) — an expert
• Russian: учёный муж (učónyj muž) — an expert
• Sanskrit: विषेशज्ञ (viṣeśajña) — an expert
• Serbo-Croatian: strȕčnjāk — an expert
• Serbo-Croatian: učènjāk — an expert
• Serbo-Croatian: znànstvenīk — an expert
• Spanish: comentarista experto — an expert
• Spanish: comentarista — an expert
• Spanish: analista político — an expert
• Spanish: perito — an expert
• Swedish: förståsigpåare — an expert
• Turkish: bilgin — an expert
• Turkish: uzman — an expert
• Turkish: alim — an expert
• Turkish: âlim — an expert
• Urdu: پنڈت (paṇḍit) — an expert
• Bengali: পণ্ডিত (ponḍito) — a Hindu scholar
• Bulgarian: брамин (bramin) — a Hindu scholar
• Burmese: ပဏ္ဍိတ (pandi.ta.) — a Hindu scholar
• Chinese Mandarin: 班智達 /班智达 (bānzhìdá) — a Hindu scholar
• Finnish: pundiitti — a Hindu scholar
• Finnish: pandiitti — a Hindu scholar
• French: pandit — a Hindu scholar
• German: Pandit — a Hindu scholar
• Gujarati: પંડિત (paṇḍit) — a Hindu scholar
• Hindi: पण्डित (paṇḍit) — a Hindu scholar
• Hindi: पंडित (paṇḍit) — a Hindu scholar
• Hindi: प॰ (pa.) — a Hindu scholar
• Hungarian: pandit — a Hindu scholar
• Hungarian: hindu tudós — a Hindu scholar
• Japanese: パンディット (panditto) — a Hindu scholar
• Kannada: ಪಂಡಿತ (paṇḍita) — a Hindu scholar
• Khmer: បណ្ឌិត (bɑndɨt) — a Hindu scholar
• Khmer: អន្ទិត (ʼɑɑʼɑntɨt) — a Hindu scholar
• Lao: ບັນດິດ (ban dit) — a Hindu scholar
• Lao: ປັນດິດ (pan dit) — a Hindu scholar
• Malayalam: പണ്ഡിതന് (paṇḍitanŭ) — a Hindu scholar
• Marathi: पंडित (paṇḍit) — a Hindu scholar
• Mongolian: бандид (bandid) — a Hindu scholar
• Odia: ପଣ୍ଡିତ (paṇḍita) — a Hindu scholar
• Pali: paṇḍita — a Hindu scholar
• Polish: pandit — a Hindu scholar
• Portuguese: pandita — a Hindu scholar
• Portuguese: pandito — a Hindu scholar
• Portuguese: pândita — a Hindu scholar
• Punjabi: ਪੰਡਤ (paṇḍat) — a Hindu scholar
• Punjabi: ਪੰਡਿਤ (paṇḍit) — a Hindu scholar
• Russian: панди́т (pandít) — a Hindu scholar
• Sanskrit: पण्डित (paṇḍita) — a Hindu scholar
• Serbo-Croatian: pàndit — a Hindu scholar
• Spanish: pándit — a Hindu scholar
• Tamil: பண்டிதன் (paṇṭitaṉ) — a Hindu scholar
• Telugu: పండితుడు (paṇḍituḍu) — a Hindu scholar
• Thai: บัณฑิต (ban-dìt) — a Hindu scholar
• Urdu: پنڈت (paṇḍit) — a Hindu scholar